One of the key issues in the Republic of Croatia is the question of higher education.
Education is one of the main drivers of economic development in Croatia. Awareness of the importance of education in the area of the Croatian is growing. The number of people who entered into the higher education institutions is growing continuously over the past fifteen years, which is a good indicator of the quality of education. In a high school education are conducted strategic guidelines. The strategy Europe 2020 is conducted, which was initiated by the European Council. Strategy purpose is to enable a way out of the economic crisis and prepare EU economy for the next decade. Strategy purpose is to enable a way out of the economic crisis and prepare EU economy for the next decade. Last few years the higher education system is included in the reform process. By the Bologna Declaration and the adoption of a plan for development of the education system are defined goals and priorities in higher education. In high school education is introduced the E-learning. Knowledge is becoming an increasingly important resource of economy. This realization and the challenges of the global economy we are facing among other things that have to fulfil certain requirements in the design of the education system. Due to the improvement of high school education in the Republic of Croatia there are several entities, each entity has an important role. Despite the increase of the number of students enrolled in higher education institutions, the Republic of Croatia is still lagging behind the share of higher education in the European Union. The problem of the Croatian and its higher education is the awareness of the importance of education that exists, but only among a population that has already decided to study and that ended the first level of studies and wants to continue their education at higher levels. That part of the population is already considered highly educated but their continuation of study does not affect the increase in the rate of highly educated. Problem occurs in the part of the population who have completed secondary education, and after school instead of studying choose to go out into the labor market. That part of the population has a low awareness and we should make special efforts to influence on increasing their awareness of the importance of education in this group of the population which would result in increasing the proportion of highly educated. In modern society, the goal of every institution's creation of human capital as the basis for a successful and quality of the economy, with the key role of the higher vocational education.